Islands of Song CD

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Item Number: SF-40405

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This compilation of music from the Bahamas includes goombay rake-and-scrape dance bands (goombay refers to both the skin drum and the ensemble as a whole), spirituals, and fingerpicking guitar music. All the performers on this recording participated in the 1994 Festival of American Folklife, an annual event presented on the Mall in Washington, D.C., by the Smithsonian Institute’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. They were recorded in Nassau on 2 and 3 February 1995.

101    You ain't hurryin' me     Dicey Doh Singers     2:32
102     Girl, if I write you     Nat Saunders     2:35
103     Watermelon is spoilin' on the vine     Thomas Cartwright and the Boys     2:44
104     Rain children     Sons of Andros     2:10
105     When I get inside     Cat Island Mites and Friends     1:31
106     I'm going home on the morning train     Israel Forbes     2:46
107     Big belly man polka     Ed Moxey's Rake 'n Scrape     2:22
108     All in the woods     Avis Armbrister and Almeda Campbell     3:19
109     Let the church roll on     Dicey Doh Singers     2:08
110     Lynn     Nat Saunders     2:46
111     Went to the bight     Cat Island Mites     1:36
112     Nobody's darling but mine     Thomas Cartwright and the Boys     2:37
113     Christian automobile     Sons of Andros     2:15
114     Let me call you sweetheart     Israel Forbes     2:25
115     Sloop John B     Dicey Doh Singers     2:10
116     Jimmy bend a tree while it's young     Thomas Cartwright and the Boys     2:45
117     Round and round the bar room     Nat Saunders, Huelon Newbold, and Orlando Turnquest     3:30
118     Roll of pin     Alvis Armbrister and Almeda Campbell     4:29
119     Dry bones     Sons of Andros     3:01
120     Bid you goodnight     Cat Island Mites     2:59
121     The Timestable     Ed Moxey's Rake 'n Scrape     2:14
122     God sent Jonah     Israel Forbes     2:50
123     Liar     Dicey Doh Singers     2:13

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